<<February 25, 2000>>
Alexandre Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Shin Takuma <st245@columbia.edu>
Raj Gururaja <raj_gururaja@agilent.com>
Prof. Jose Brenes Andre <jbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr>
Dear Alex:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).
(2) It is amazing to know that the TV Amazonas is now on digital
-- US TV
stations promised it a few years ago, but have not done yet. Japanese
commercial TV will also do it later of this year, if I recall
a
newspaper article correctly.
(3) Dr. Shin Takuma said to me that he will do his demo at
your workshop.
He also wants to present his new nurse training CD-ROM courseware.
If you have any questions on his telemedicine demo, pls feel
free to ask
him.
The key is to hook the monitor signal of HP-5500 echocardiograph
machine
with the PictureTel so that the image of the monitor can be sent
through
the PictureTel to the videoconferencing bridge to which many other
participants (including Dr. Takuma's Presbyterian Hospital in
New York)
will access.
(4) 50 inch TV monitor is to show video of PictureTel which
you receive from
Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
This is same as we received video from Yale University/Norwalk
Hospital during our telemedicine demo at the Tampere event.
During the demo by Norwalk Hospital people, we accessed their
web and
the computer screen was projected to a large screen. We need a
projector for this purpose at TV Amazonas.
(5) I am very happy to have the full cooperation of UNAMAZ.
Dear Raj:
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(6) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II).
As you see in ATTACHMENT I, Alex's people are already talking
with your
Agilent Technologies people in Brazil.
I look forward to hearing from your people about the possibility
of
using your videoconferencing bridge.
Dear Jose:
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(7) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT III).
As soon as I hear from Agilent people about the bridge, I will
let you
know so that you can participate from Costa Rica.
Although your side has 384 Kbps ISDN line, Manaus has 256 Kbps.
You
have to match with Manaus' speed. Pls check on this.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: "Alex Rivas" <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Workshop Manaus
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:32:55 -0800
Dr. Utsumi,
Below follows my answers in << >> to your recent e-mails.
Alex:
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I want you to keep this in your mind when we do our demonstrations
at TV
Amazona in Manaus and if they will broadcast it through Internet
as they did
during our GLH in October, 1998.
<<It will be interesting again. Now, TV Amazonas is digital
but it will
be necessary to coordinate at least 3 group of people: the TV,
PictureTel, Agilent Technologies - HP and computer people.>>
(4) I will decide one more telemedicine person soon and let you know.
<<Let me know at your earliest convenience. Agilient
Technologies (HP)
needs to know some technical details that I need to ask to the
person
who will be here for the demo. In this mean time, I am going to
ask Dr.
Shin Takuma. HP needs this info to start the echocardiogram import
process.>>
(6) I am very happy that we can use a room in Amazonsat TV.
Pls make sure
to have an ISDN line at 256 Kbps (or preferably 384 Kbps), and
a
PictureTel unit. We would also need a PC (or Mac) to access a
web --
preferably at 256 Kbps.
<<From the studio we are going to have almost everything
we need. I am
still in conversation with the pictureTel people to see how it
is going
to work. But as you know, I do need to orientation from the person
who
is going to make the demo.>>
Can they have a 50 inch TV screen for the former demo, and
a projector
for the latter?
<<I did not understand what you mean.>>
<<(1) - Last week I attended a UNAMAZ meeting in Belem.
It was decided
that this project is the main project of that institution. There
still
are some details pending but I belive that things are going to
work out
well.
(2) - As a result of that decison, the workshop title and conference
place have changed.
I am working on a website in my personal page to host the event's
program. As soon as I have it, I'll let you to know.>>
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<<February 25, 2000>> Removed the rest by T. Utsumi,
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ATTACHMENT II
From: raj_gururaja@agilent.com
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:08:00 +0800
Subject: Re: Respectfully requesting your "in-kind"
service
TO: utsumi@friends-partners.org
CC: raj_gururaja@agilent.com
Dear Dr. Utsumi:
Thank you very much for your note. I was very happy to watch through
the websites the successful GLOSAS program you had at Tempere
in
August 99, and now you are off to another great event in Amazonas
in Brazil.
There have been several changes in my life. First of all, I am
sure
you are aware of the strategic realignment announced by Hewlett
Packard in 1999, in which HP created a new company named Agilent
Technologies. The new company is made up of original HP's businesses
in Healthcare Solutions, Test and Measurement, Semiconductor Products,
and Analytical Devices. Under its original name, Hewlett Packard
retains the businesses in computers and printers.
Agilent Technologies offered an IPO in November under the symbol
A,
and we have been extremely successful in the stock market. So
now I
work for Agilent Technologies and also relocated to Hong Kong
for a
two year assignment in marketing and sales. My new e-mail address
is
raj_gururaja@agilent.com. However, I can still receive the messages
sent to my HP address.
Now coming to your telemedicine event in Manaus, Brazil, I am
very
much interested in Agilent Technologies participate in it. So
I have
sent messages to our management in the US and in Latin America.
I
should here from them in the next couple of days and will get
back to
you soon after I hear from them.
Thank you again for your note.
Sincerely yours,
Raj Gururaja
(852)-2599-4285
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ATTACHMENT III
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 13:20:51 -0500
From: Jose Brenes <jbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr>
To: utsumi@friends-partners.org
Subject: Re: Revised schedule of mini-workshop in Manila
Dear Tak
Thanks a lot for the information
As one of the Central American people involved with GLobal
University, I
am very pleased to see that Amazonian region is moving ahead.
I have also detected that you plan to use PictureTel at 384 kbps
We have such a system, and may get some people interested in
participating
in the demo. It may also help start the Central American part.
If you need some people on this part of the world to be hooked
at that
demo, please let me know how I can help
Best
Jose Brenes
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Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.P. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
+55-92-635 32 33
+55-92-644 23 22
Fax: +55-92-644 23 84
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
Shin Takuma, M.D.
Associate in Medicine.
Cardiology Division
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Medicine
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
630 West 168th street
New York, NY 10032-10391
USA
Tel: +1-212-305-0594 (direct)
Tel: +1-212-305-9875
Fax: +1-212-305-9049
st245@columbia.edu
Raj Gururaja
Agilent Technologies
(852)-2599-4285
raj_gururaja@agilent.com
Prof. Jose Brenes Andre
President of Consta Rica Fulbright Association
Escuela de Fisica
Universidad de Costa Rica
San Pedro
COSTA RICA
Tel: +506-207-5019
Fax: +506-225-5511
jbrenes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
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